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PULL SYSTEM - KANBAN

Pull system  = produce only what the customer (subsequent process) requires

Objectives

  • Balance different rhythms of individual processes
  • Compensate process instability
  • Optimise inventory (supermarket)
  • Immediate and good visibility of inventory level

Contents

Pull system for management of material and information flows

  • 1
    Kanban is a card or an order
  • 2
    The Kanban card is linked to physical material; as soon as the material is used up, the card becomes an order
  • 3
    The Kanban card has precisely defined type and quantity of material, storage location, supplier…
  • 4
    The Kanban component buffer is called a supermarket
  • 5
    The supermarket holds a defined amount of components for fill-up